How do you hang your brush?
I was just looking at my brush the other night and realized that a few of the hairs seemed to be pushed off to the side. It looks like when I hang my brush in the stand, I tend to hang it from the know where it meets the handle. This seems to push the hairs at the edge of the knot around and almost out of order. I ended up hanging the brush recently from the bottom most portion of the handle but it then rests with in a mm of the base of the stand.
Just curious about how you hang your brush. Do you hang it from the knot or from the handle?
Just curious, especially if there are any pros or cons on either situation.
Thanks,
Marc
How Do You Hang Your Brush?
Hello, Mark:
I hang my brushes in acrylic drip stands so that the tiny drops of water remaining in the hairs drip away from the handle.
I learned my lesson a long time ago, when I dried the brush and let it stand on the counter with the hairs pointing up. Eventually tiny drops of remaining water in the brush seeped into the wooden handle and cracked it.
Also, I always fluff up my brushes on the towel after thoroughly rinsing and drying. There is something to looking at a fluffy brush in the drip stand.
Almost all vendors carry various acrylic brush stands. Make sure the opening on the brush stand is big enough to handle your brush. Some brush stands take, say, brushes as large as 23 mm. If your brush is 25 mm. or bigger, it will not fit in the stand.
Regards,
Obie